they had to pass eight yearshowever European technocracy reached an agreement with fishermen asturians: state Hake stock in Cantabrian waters does not justify consecutive quota cuts this limits the maximum number of captures the fleet can make. What the expert eyes of seafarers see with the naked eye – there are plenty of hake like you open your hand with a quota – are now confirmed by the scientists’ reports, in this case by the reports of the Spanish Institution of Oceanography.
What the fishermen are upset about is that they have to spend eight years (since the rescue plan for the species expired in 2014) to agree with them. A time when the current quota is reduced by more than half as a result of consecutive cuts. Even so, satisfaction: “This is a great joy they fixed and knowing that the current quota of hake will increase,” says Adolfo García Méndez, president of the Federation of Fishermen’s Guilds of Asturias, one of those who make this a permanent demand.
Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Spain, was tasked with giving the good news: “South hake quota [la del Cantábrico] this is for Spain for 2022 will grow 84%From the originally planned 4,899 tonnes to 9,201 tonnes”. The government official responsible for fisheries added: “Today is a special day and also very important and tremendously important for Spain”.
This is how Planas expressed himself during his arrival at the meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU) in Luxembourg. The Minister reminded that last year, when determining the fishing opportunities for 2022, it was taken into account that there is not enough scientific data for Southern hake caught in the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic waters from Finisterre to Tarifa. “We objected last year and said this. It was a perfectly preserved stock from which it was perfectly possible to continue fishing.. Scientific data and reports proved us right, and that’s why we can announce today that the decision to expand has been made,” he said.
He also noted that raising the quota to 9,201 tons was “in favor of the 1,200 fishing vessels of the Spanish fishing fleet” and noted that the southern hake “one of the most valuable species on the marketAlmost all fishing boats in Asturias benefit directly or indirectly from this unprecedented decision.